Saturday, December 02, 2006
The American Civil War: Just when you thought it was safe to buy documentaries on DVD comes this piece of refuse from the trash heap. I have seen a lot of Civil War documentaries in my day but this one takes the Dan Dalton award for being the most boring one ever, which was a tall order after the Blood and Honor tin I reviewed some time back. What we have here is something that might get a B+ for a student documentary from a guy who has a bunch re-enactors for buddies.While I can forgive the shoddy production based on the notion that I could probably do no better, what I can't forgive on this release are the apparent copyright violations in the soundtrack. While the songs of the Civil War are long passed their copyright expiration various recordings are not. This release featured tracks straight from the soundtrack of the Ken Burns Civil War. I'm surprised they didn't use Ashokan Farewell.
To top it all off, this two hour film is completely boring. Avoid this at all costs and don't confuse it with the much superior American Civil War: A Union Divided.
Labels: Civil War, Documentary, History
